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(No ModeL) G. W. PRENTIOE.

BUTTON FASTENBR.

No. 278,266. Patented May 22,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. PRENTIOE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BUTTON-FASTEN E R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,266, dated May 22,1883.

Application filed March 26, 1883. (No model.)

I 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEo. W. PRENTICE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Button-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

My present invention relates to a. new and novel fastening for attachingbuttons to fabrics; and it consists, essentially, of a metallic blank,one end of which is of an arrow-head shape, the other end thereof beingmade flat and broad, said ends being further provided withinwardly-projecting spurs, the intermediate portion of the fastener,between the ends, consisting of a narrow strip, which forms the loop forholding the button-eye.

My improved button-fastener'is also adapted to be self-penetrating.

In the accompanying drawings, made enlarged, Figure 1 representsmyinvention ready for use. Fig. 2 represents a button having its eyeplaced in a depression or crease in the fabric, and also showing thefastener inserted through the fabric and button-eye. Fig. 3 representsthe fastener when attached complete, and being retained in position inthe fabricby theinwardly-projecting holding-spurs. Fig. 4 shows amodification of my improved fastener.

The following'is a more detailed description of my invention.

A represents the completed fastener, provided at one end with thearrow-shaped point a, the other end of the fastener being made broad andflat at a, the two ends thereof connected by the intermediate narrowstrip, a

which latter is made slightly convex to form a shallow loop for thebutton-eye. At a! of the fastener are formed four inwardly-projectingsharpened spurs for retaining the fastener in position in the fabricwhen attached thereto.

In the modified form of fastener represented in Fig. 4 the ends athereof are made alike and flattened.

In the operation of attaching buttons to fabrics by means of myimprovedfastener, I first crease or fold the fabric so that the eye of a buttoncan be placed therein, thereby adaptingthe fabric to be pierced by thepoint a of the fastener, and also pass through the buttoneye and againthrough the fabric, as shown complete in Fig. 2, after which the fabricis straightened out or flattened, which latter operation draws the loopup farther through the fabric, and at the same time allows the spurs ato penetrate or embed themselvesinto said fabric on eachside of thebutton-eye, which tends to retain the fastener in position, thuscompleting the operation, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The metallic button'fastener hereindescribed, having one end arrow-shaped and the other end broad and fiat,each provided with inwardly-projecting spurs and an intermediate narrowand slightly-converted strip forming a. loop to receive the shank of thebutton, all substantially as shown and described.

2. A button-fastener consisting of the ends a a, having spurs a and anintermediate center loop, a all adapted for use substantially as shownand described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE W. PRENTIOE. Witnesses:

GEo. A. MUMFORD, FRANKLIN A. SMI H, Jr.

